ATTENTION PARENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY!!!
HCS needs your help! This week is Safe Schools Week across Kentucky! Our friends at the Kentucky Center for School Safety are asking students, parents, staff and community members to pledge to keep our students safe.
HCS is currently ranked 6th in the state in the number of pledges received! You can help us move up the list and win the challenge!!!
Please click this link to take an approximately 20-second pledge to keep our students safe while at school: https://kycss.org/safe-schools-week/safety-week-pledge/
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, is HIGH ATTENDANCE DAY!
Schools are competing against schools, classrooms are competing against classrooms, classes are competing against other classes and districts are competing against each other statewide.
Let's show everyone that HCS is BEST and has the best attendance EVERY DAY!!!
Tuesday is HIGH ATTENDANCE DAY across the Commonwealth!
We encourage our students to attend school every day, but especially on Tuesday, September 9, 2025! Bragging rights are on the line in our district-wide competition!!! Great attendance that day helps HCS as we compete with other districts in Kentucky.
#HCSDifferenceMaker #DistrictOfOpportunities
We encourage our students to attend school every day, but especially on Tuesday, September 9, 2025! Bragging rights are on the line in our district-wide competition!!! Great attendance that day helps HCS as we compete with other districts in Kentucky.
#HCSDifferenceMaker #DistrictOfOpportunities
Congratulations to this year's HCS Distinguished Alumni honorees! These five individuals are the best of the best in their professions and have dedicated themselves to success! Read more about them here: https://www.hardin.kyschools.us/post-detail/~board/hardin-county-schools/post/hcs-to-honor-five-distinguished-alumni
REMINDER - There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, September 1, 2025!
We are excited to welcome our preschool students today for the first time this school year!
It's never too late to enroll in preschool! Call 270-769-8911 or go to https://www.hardin.kyschools.us/administration/early-childhood-education-preschool for more information!
ATTENTION PARENTS: A new Kentucky law requires parents to provide written permission for a school nurse to treat a student. If the written permission is not provided by a child's parents, the school nurse CANNOT treat that student.
The form was sent home on the first day of school. If you have not completed the Healthy Kids Clinic Student Registration form, you can download it, print it, complete it, sign it and return it to your child's school. Here's the form: https://bit.ly/hkcregistrationform
The form was sent home on the first day of school. If you have not completed the Healthy Kids Clinic Student Registration form, you can download it, print it, complete it, sign it and return it to your child's school. Here's the form: https://bit.ly/hkcregistrationform
When you purchase tickets for the Highland Farms Country Fest (taking place this weekend), you can help support our Family Resource and Youth Service Centers. Just use the code "HCS" when purchasing tickets online. We are grateful to the concert organizers! Go to highlandfarmscountryfest.com. #HCSDifferenceMaker #DistrictOfOpportunities
Congratulations to John Hardin High School JROTC Instructor Col. Michael Stewart!!! He earned the 2025 US Army Cadet Command 7th Brigade JROTC Instructor of the Year Award!!
ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS and PARENTS!! We encourage you to place this event on your calendars! This is a WONDERFUL opportunity to learn about more than THIRTY colleges and universities, the armed forces, financial aid, and MUCH MORE!!
Teen Court is an amazing experience for our students! We are grateful for those who work so hard to organize it and create these tremendous opportunities.
Interested students and their families are invited to attend an open house on August 28, 2025 at 6:30 pm at the Hardin County Justice Center.
When you purchase tickets for the Highland Farms Country Fest, you can help support our Family Resource and Youth Service Centers. Just use the code HCS when purchasing tickets online. We are grateful to the concert organizers!
We just wanted to share some Back to School 2025-26 sights and sounds with you! It is going to be a great school year! https://youtu.be/6sG0LRIP9L4 #HCSDifferenceMaker
Here is some important information that you need to know before the first day of school on August 7, 2025. Find it here: https://bit.ly/hcsbacktoschool2526
All students will have access to free breakfast and free lunch again this school year. However, each family is still required to complete a Household Income Form to maintain accurate data as a requirement for state and federal funding. You can find the form at this link: https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application
Free lunches are provided through a program called the Community Elgibility Provision (CEP). The continuation of CEP is dependendent on the number of school meals served. We encourage all students to participate in school lunch and school breakfast as much as possible!
Free lunches are provided through a program called the Community Elgibility Provision (CEP). The continuation of CEP is dependendent on the number of school meals served. We encourage all students to participate in school lunch and school breakfast as much as possible!
WELCOME TO HARDIN COUNTY SCHOOLS!!
We are so glad that lots of new families are joining the HCS Family today through open enrollment. We encourag new families and families who have been with us for a while to elect to receive push notifications from your child(rens) school(s). Schools will use the app as part of the communication toolbox. Make today a great day!
The HCS Back to School Fests are next week!!! We can't wait to see our students and families. If you can't attend the Back to School Fest for your school, you are welcome to attend any of the three!
We will have fun, food and lots of information from our community partners. Please note that these events are not school open houses. Those dates are posted here: https://www.hardin.kyschools.us/parents/2025-school-open-house-dates-times
#HCSDifferenceMaker #DistrictOfOpportunities
We will have fun, food and lots of information from our community partners. Please note that these events are not school open houses. Those dates are posted here: https://www.hardin.kyschools.us/parents/2025-school-open-house-dates-times
#HCSDifferenceMaker #DistrictOfOpportunities
The HCS Early Learning Bus will visit the Elm Road Apartments in Radcliff on THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2025 at 11 am. Children will enjoy a FUN time while learning, reading, playing and eating a free lunch!
We hope to see lots of children there!
Open Enrollment is July 24 and July 25, 2025!!
Here is some important information regarding Open Enrollment:
* Open Enrollment for parents of children enrolling in school for the first time, transferring to another school in the district (except for the natural elementary-to-middle or middle-to-high school transistions) or for those who plan to attend a new school.
* Click this link to learn what info will be needed at open enrollment: https://www.hardin.kyschools.us/parents/student-enrollment-information
* If you cannot come to the school to enroll your child on those two days, everything is OK!! Just call your school and schedule a time to enroll your child or drop by your school the next week!
Here is some important information regarding Open Enrollment:
* Open Enrollment for parents of children enrolling in school for the first time, transferring to another school in the district (except for the natural elementary-to-middle or middle-to-high school transistions) or for those who plan to attend a new school.
* Click this link to learn what info will be needed at open enrollment: https://www.hardin.kyschools.us/parents/student-enrollment-information
* If you cannot come to the school to enroll your child on those two days, everything is OK!! Just call your school and schedule a time to enroll your child or drop by your school the next week!
Are you new to Hardin County Schools and need an opportunity to enroll your student? Open Enrollment is July 24 & 25, 2025 from 9a-2p @ all schools. Click the link to see what you'll need at enrollment: https://www.hardin.kyschools.us/parents/student-enrollment-information